Orange adds Android Pay to mobile banking app in Poland

Mobile network operator Orange has become “the first Polish telecom operator” to integrate Android Pay into its Orange Finanse mobile banking app, allowing its customers with an active Mastercard debit or credit card to make payments using their Android handsets without having to download the Android Pay app separately.

“To use Android Pay with Orange Finanse, you must have a plastic payment card called Orange Finanse,” Orange says. “The process of activating the card takes place directly in the Orange Finanse mobile application. No need to install separate applications — Android Pay will be integrated with mobile banking on your phone.”

„Card activation process takes place directly in the application. Just download from Google Play or update their existing mobile application Orange Finance, and then enter the details of your card and add it to the payment of the Android Pay. After the addition is complete the card, the phone is ready for payment. Keep in mind to have NFC enabled and the „Tap and Pay” Pay Android application set as default.”, according to the press release.

Android Pay was launched in Poland in November 2016 with support from Mastercard and Visa along with Alior Bank, Bank Zachodni WBK and T-Mobile Banking Services. mBank has since added its support for the service.

Plans to integrate Android Pay into the mobile banking apps of “several banks around the world” were unveiled in April 2017. Orange was the first Polish mobile telecom trigger payment from Android Pay integrated with Orange Finance. The customer can activate the phone payment, add a debit or credit card directly in the mobile banking Orange Finance. There is no need to install other applications.